alcahueta
[alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a]
The verdict
“alcahueta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,597 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,597
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alcahotar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcahueta · alcahueta · Spanish
alcahueta · rank #83,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,597
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Alde
Nearest frequency peer: Alde (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “alcahueta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Alaya
Alaya
16,407 corpus weight
- albaida
albaida
16,406 corpus weight
- alcahueta
alcahueta
16,404 corpus weight
- Alde
Alde
16,403 corpus weight
- alegada
alegada
16,402 corpus weight
- alegraré
alegraré
16,401 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alcahueta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcahueta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcahueta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcahueta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,597 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alkaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝et̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
alcahueta has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is alcahueta, spelled A-L-C-A-H-U-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alcahotar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de alcahotar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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